Fish-spear.



G. T. TURNER.

FISH SBBAR. APPLICATION FILED APB.18, 1913..

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Speciication 1f-Letters Yate-nt.

Patented Dec., il. 1913.

Applieation filed April 15, 1913. Serial No. 762,142.

To all wwm t' may car/wem l Be it known that L GEORGE T. TURNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ione, in the count-y of P'end reille and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish- Sp'ears; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rlhis invention relatds to improvements in fish spears.

One object of the invention is to provide a lish spear having an improved construction and arrangement 01E gripping members whereby a iish when struck by the vspear will be securely held without being torn or' mutilated, and which will permit the removal o' the fish from the spear without tearing.

Another object is to provide a spear of this character which'will be simple7 strong, durable and inexpensive in construction, etlicient and' reliable in operation and which may also be employed as a gat'f and attached bv a cord to the boat.

uW'ith these and other object-s in View7 the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of my improved spear showingv in full and dotted lines the manner in which the gripping members of the spear are opened and closed; Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view through the end of the spear taken on the line 2,2 of Fig. 1. Fig. is a similar view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

- My improved spear comprises a gradually tapering point 1 which is preferably round or may be of any suitable shape in cross section. The point 1 is formed on the end of a socket 2 which is engaged with a handie 3 loose thereon or fastened thereto in any suitable manner. On one side of the socket 2 near the inner end thereof is formed an eye 4 t0 which may be attached a cord or other flexible connection (notshown) but which may be employed when the spear is which is held in the hand or secured to a.

boat when the spear is thrown. Secured to the point of the spear at a suitable distance from the outer end thereof is CIK a errule 5 having thereon oppositely proi jecting parallel -apertured bearing ears o between which are pivoted the inwardly curved inner ends of gripping members 7 or bars the inner comprising tapered arms ends of which at a suitable distance beyond the end of the/point 1 are turned inwardly at an acute angle to form barbs 8, the points of whichl are turned inwardly to a slight extent adjacent to the end of the point 1 as shown at 9 and are designed to enter the body ot the iish when struck by the point of the ,spear and to thus positively prevent the' iish from becoming disengaged from the point of the'spear until the gripping members are manually operated torelease the lioints.

The gripping members 7 are yieldingly held in position to cause the barbs 8 there of to engage the body of the iish when struck by the point. of the spear, by a coiled. y spring lO-which is arranged on the point 1 between the t'errule 5 and a collar 11 which is slidably mounted on the. point and is loosely connectedwith thel gripping members 7 near their curved inner ends by links 12 which are slightly curved and have formed on their ends pairs of vapertured lugs 13 which embrace and are pivotally connected to the curved endsv of the gripping members 7 at one end of the links and to apertured laterally projecting ears 1.4 formed on the collar 11 at diametrically opposite points as shown. The pressure of the spring 10 when thus arranged is applied to the collar 11 and through the same and the links 12 to the gripping arms 7 to draw and yieldingly hold said members in operative position with respect to the point of the spear, so that said gripping members will spear when the fish is struck a glancing blow thus causing the point of the spear to squarely penetrate the body of the iish. The

arrangement of the barbs 8 on the gripping members 7v is also such that the same may be readily disengaged from the body orv the then enters the body of the ish and comes to rest, and the sudden cessation of the forward movement causes the inertia of the members 7 to assist the action of the spring- 10 iny throwing said members and barbs 8 inward into positions Where their tips 9 will coact with the tip of the point l to hold the `ses . Copies of this patent may be obtained Vfor ire cents'.each, b`yV addressing thel Commissioner, of? Ila.c ax v1itl. v i

fish thereon. In removing the fish from the spear it is only necessary to press its bodyl upward against the collar l1 which is 'the natural movement of disengaging its body from the tip 9, and whenthe collar llis pressed toward the i'errule 5 thev members 7 are automatically 'swun outward to the dotted-lined positions w ere they canvv be held by hand while the body ofthe Afish is slipped off the point l. Therefore I consider it of advantage to dis osev the spring l0 and collar lliorward fo 1 r beyond-the ferrule 5, rather than'behind it. Y

-By constructing my im roved spear as herein shown and describe the same may also be employed as a gaif and 4when so employed the ferrule 2 has a loose engagement j with the end of the handle and a'cord is ate'l i .I tach-ed toA the eye' 4 of the ferrule and `fastened to the boat or otherwise secured a hereinbefore described.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various 'changes in the form, proportion,'

-rule fastfon, thefpoint, a collar slidably mountedl on the point' between the ferrule and the tip of the point, anexpansive' spring coiled on the latter between said err'ule and collar, gripping'inembers Whose inner ends are pivoted to said 'ferruleand whose outer ends are turned inward into barbs having 1 pose described.

tips coacting .with the tip of said point, and 'links pivotally connecting said members near their, tips with saidcollar, the whole .f

constructed substantially as and for the purl 65 In testimony whereof I-.havehereunto set my handin presence of two subscribing witnesses. .v

Washington, mcg" Y, 

